Labor History in Two Minutes brought to you by the Rick Smith Show

Are you a
trade union worker? Have you ever worked
at a “prevailing wage” job site? Then today in Labor History, is an important day for you. The year was 1931. Congress
passed the Davis-Bacon Act. This act
requires that any new construction or repair of a public building or public
works project of more than $2,000 that includes federal funding must pay a
“prevailing wage.”&nbs […]

On this day in Labor History the year was 1937. The Steel
Workers Organizing Committee, and US Steel signed their first, historic labor
agreement. Previous
efforts to organize steel workers had failed due to the union-busting tactics of
the steel mill owners.&nbs […]